[92twotone]

This is my first thread...just gettin used to the site.
Up until now most of the work I have done on my car has been minor bolt ons (i.e. msd 6al, bbk shorty's, full exhaust, ac delete, cooling system upgrades, cold air, MAF...all the standards), full suspension work, and lots of paint and body work considering the car was in rough shape (no rust just faded paint and a few dings) when i got it. Over the summer I blew the tranny and decided to pull the motor and tranny to clean up the engine bay, build a new more powerful motor, and rebuild the T5. I ended up routing the wiring harness through the federwells, sealing up and smoothing the whole bay. Basically the car has been off the road for some time now.

I have the bottom end put together, the block was boiled, crank was polished, stock replacement connecting rods, pistons, and rings. Getting ready to put the top end together and just wanted to get some suggestions for heads, cam, and intake combos, as well as pushrod lengths/brands, rocker ratios, and types. After the motor is broken in I want to supercharge it with a vortech s trim (low boost though 6-10 psi).

From my research I think I will run
AFR 185cc heads
Edelbrock Performer RPM II
With the rebuild kit came a comp cams 220/224 magnum series cam.

Other than that I need suggestions for a better cam, unless this one will suffice, for rockers, or for a better combination.

The overall purpose of this car is to be driven on the street, with plenty of horsepower (hopefully after the supercharger between 375-400hp)

Let me know what you guys think and for any suggestions/reviews of the parts. Thanks

[93mustank]

Sounds like you have money to play with......

Erase all the ideas out of your head....

Go for Canfield 195 heads , billet custom cam and matching springs for the cam. Can be had from Camshaftinnovations.com for 1800 .....

Then decide between a victor efi or a spyder style intake.

[92twotone]

Heres a few pics of my car and the build

[White Thunder]

looks pretty clean bro

and with the money you seem to have 400 is easy with your mods and future mods

[87FloridaGT]

The color of your car is so ugly and I hate it....by the way...can I has your hood?

[92twotone]

thanks man,
i don't have tons of money- just a passionate enthusiast who wants to do it right...i want reliable horsepower thats there when i need it. Glad u like the car tho bro. any advice on the hci setup specifically?

[92twotone]

hahah

The color of your car is so ugly and I hate it....by the way...can I has your hood?

its a flashback to 4 yrs ago...love the clean stock appearance, nice car man... and no that hood has about 40hrs of bodywork into it (never buy fiberglass from mustangs unlimited).

[White Thunder]

trickflow TW heads....victor JR intake......jay allen cam......S/C of your choice..if i was you i would have went 347....

[87FloridaGT]

Originally Posted by 92twotone hahah its a flashback to 4 yrs ago...love the clean stock appearance, nice car man... and no that hood has about 40hrs of bodywork into it (never buy fiberglass from mustangs unlimited).

LoL thanks...I was hoping you would look in my garage before you responded so you didnt think I was really ragging your car
As you can tell I also enjoy the 2-tone Green/Gray

[Chris951]

Clean car dude that has to be one of the cleanest GT's I've seen. Custom cam, some TW heads and Victor JR will be nice.

[GoodOleBoyzRacin]

AFR or TFS heads, custom cam (refer to cam shop for springs), victor jr intake converted to EFI or a TFS intake, whichever suits you best.

[92twotone]

soo i don't want to offend anyone but i've heard of guys having really big problems with trickflows products...i.e. coolant leaks, fuel leaks, blown headgaskets. A lot of problems in general from multiple people, I dont know if this is just coincidence but I've always thought AFR was relatively top of the line. Am i off the mark on this?

[White Thunder]

pretty much anything you go with thats good and aftermarket...

canfield
AFR
Trick Flow

your going to be right at of over at will on the power handling of the stock block

i havent heard much bad about trick flows...i have heard the the AFRs run a lil better with a spring upgrade

[Sleeper_Stang_89]

Originally Posted by 93mustank Sounds like you have money to play with...... Erase all the ideas out of your head.... Go for Canfield 195 heads , billet custom cam and matching springs for the cam. Can be had from Camshaftinnovations.com for 1800 ..... Then decide between a victor efi or a spyder style intake.

you will be very happy with the suggested above!

P.S. I would choose the intake b4 you get a cam ground...

[Chris951]

I've heard TFS heads flow more cfm per cc. Never heard of anyone having problems with them.

[92twotone]

Clean car dude that has to be one of the cleanest GT's I've seen. Custom cam, some TW heads and Victor JR will be nice.

thanks man...i ve worked really hard at it for almost 5 years now and I can finally invest in some performance mods. All the reviews I see rave about trickflows products and flow numbers, but i ve met like 5 or so fox body guys who regret thier purchases due to this or that. I just wasnt sure what the general consensus was.

Sounds like you have money to play with...... Erase all the ideas out of your head.... Go for Canfield 195 heads , billet custom cam and matching springs for the cam. Can be had from Camshaftinnovations.com for 1800 ..... Then decide between a victor efi or a spyder style intake.

I have just been online constantly researching those products and can't beleive I never heard of them before. I really like what the canfield heads offer, and I found a polished Spyder intake from Prewitt racing that I want to check out.

thanks for all the comments guys now i just need to start pricing stuff out. any other info regarding pushrod lengths specifically as well as brand and or rocker selection would be great.

[jack90gt]

I would go custom ground cam and trickflow heads and systemax intake....

[White Thunder]

you need to figure out what heads....and cam you have first....

[93mustank]

Originally Posted by Sleeper_Stang_89 you will be very happy with the suggested above! P.S. I would choose the intake b4 you get a cam ground...

You know what i meant.....

[88-gt-t-top]

Beautiful GT man, any pics of the harness in the fender I just finished mine up and was trying to see any differences...? Maybe you did something else that I should look into?